The Argentinos Juniors Herald
Squad31 May 2027
Sebastián Prieto damages knee ligaments — 124 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 124 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout31 May 2027
Manuel Guillén: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Argentinos Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market31 May 2027
Facundo Barboza puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Argentinos Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Argentinos Juniors
Alan Lescano was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout31 May 2027
Tomás Molina gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch31 May 2027
Gabriel Florentin keeps scoring at Sport Huancayo
16 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad31 May 2027
Lucas Ambrogio falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout31 May 2027
Sebastián Prieto asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market31 May 2027
The Sebastián Meza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Argentinos Juniors know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Facundo Jainikoski has become a man the manager trusts
- Loan watch Yair González keeps scoring at Boston River
- Squad Facundo Carrizo: “I am not a substitute”